COPTOSOMA. 31 



Var. orbicula, Walk. 

 Coptosoma orbicula & blandula, Walk. Cat. Het. i, pp. 91, 9G, 



nn. 47, 61 (1867). 

 Coptosoma pygmoeum, var. accensitum, Montand. Atm. Soc. Ent. 

 Bely. xl, p. 447 (1896). 



Black, shining; lateral lobes of the head from front of eyes ochra- 

 ceous, their extreme margins black ; pronotum with the anterior 

 margin only indicated by two small spots, or else widely broken, 

 the lateral margins, intersected by a black line on anterior dilata- 

 tions, and a spot at lateral angles variable in size, ochraceous ; 

 scutellum with a spot at apices of basal callosity — sometimes 

 small and rounded or transverse and elongate, — a smaller spot 

 near basal angles variable in size, and the margins, ochraceous. 

 Body beneath black, sternum opaque ; head beneath, rostrum, 

 antennae, and legs reddish-ochraceous ; lateral margins of sternum 

 and abdomen and a spot at apex of each abdominal segment pale 

 ochraceous. 



Var. Pronotura with two discal transverse spots on anterior area. 



Length 2\ to 2i ; max. breadth 21 to 2^ millim. 



Hah. Calcutta. Central India ; Barwai. Ceylon. Burma ; 

 Karennee, Mergui. — Also received from Siam, Tonkin, the Malayan 

 Archipelago, and N. Australia. 



58. Coptosoma brunneum, Atk. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 342 (1889). 



Blackish or very dark castaneous ; central lobes of head in front 

 of eyes, a spot at base of central lobe, and the ocelli ochraceous ; 

 pronotum with the anterior lateral dilated margins, intersected 

 by an oblique black line, anterior margin widely broken at centre, 

 and two transverse lines on anterior disk, ochraceous ; lateral angles 

 pale castaneous ; scutellum with a small reddish spot at each end 

 of basal callosity and the lateral and apical margins ochraceous. 

 Body beneath black ; head beneath, rostrum, antennae, legs, lateral 

 margins of the sternum and abdomen, and a linear spot at apex 

 of each abdominal segment, ochraceous. 



Length 3 ; max. breadth 2| millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Punduloya {Atkhison Coll., Brit. JIus.), 



h'. Smitellum with spots on hasal callosities inconstant, 



59. Coptosoma noualhieri, Montand. Ann. Soc Ent. Bely. xl, p. 439 



(1896). 

 Var. obscuratum, Montand. ibid. p. 441. 



Above black, shining ; head with the lateral lobes ochraceous, 

 their margins narrowly black ; pronotum with the lateral margins 

 ochraceous, inwardly edged with an oblique series of black punc- 

 tures ; scutellum with the lateral and apical margins very nar- 

 rowly ochraceous. (Basal callosity of the scutellum sometimes 

 containing a very minute ochraceous spot a little before its apices, 

 and with some tessellate ochraceous markings a little beneath its 



